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Fun Facts

Do You Know The Following Benton County Information?
   
1. How many miles of paved roads are in the county?
2. How many miles of gravel roads are in the county?
3. What was the first year of the Benton County Speedway?
4. How much does the courthouse bell weight?
5.   How many bridges are in the county?
6. Mary Ingalls (sister of Laura Ingalls Wilder) at 16 years of age started schooling at the Iowa Braille and Sight Saving School in ________.
7.

Benton County is the ________ fastest growing county in the state which is a ____%  increase.
(news release on April 23, 2003)

 

Answers:
1. 182.2 miles --- paved roads are in the county?
2.  929.5 miles --- gravel roads are in the county?
3. 1979 --- was the first year of the Benton County Speedway?
4. 1,500 lbs --- courthouse bell weight?
5. 308 --- bridges are in the county?
6. Mary Ingalls (sister of Laura Ingalls Wilder) at 16 years of age started schooling at the Iowa Braille and Sight Saving School in 1881.
7.

Benton County is the __3rd__ fastest growing county in the state which is a _3.1_%  increase. (news release on April 23, 2003)

 

 

 

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